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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Florida, (search)
ers under Colonel Palmer......June, 1740 English, reinforced by a Carolina regiment, open the siege of St. Augustine......June 24, 1740 Three hundred Spaniards capture Fort Moosa; Colonel Palmer killed in action......June 25, 1740 General Oglethorpe hearing of the arrival of Spanish vessels with supplies for besieged, and many of his men being sick and discouraged, raises the siege......July 20, 1740 Spanish fleet of thirty-six sail, under Governor Monteano, enters harbor of St. Simons, Ga., and after four hours engagement Oglethorpe abandons the works and retires to Frederica......July 5, 1742 After an unsuccessful attack on Frederica, Governor Monteano, scared by a decoy letter sent by Oglethorpe, and by three vessels from Charleston, sails away from Florida......July 14, 1742 Oglethorpe makes a sudden descent upon St. Augustine, but captures only a few Spaniards......March 9, 1743 Noted Indian chief Secoffee, with his tribe, settles in Alachua, about the centre